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<p>[quote user="zugmann"]</p> <p> <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> <strong>Bucyrus:</strong></div> <div></div> <p> </p> <blockquote> <div> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> </blockquote> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size:small;">Opinions get dismissed here right and left here.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"> </span>I think I have even had a couple of mine dismissed.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"> </span>But I don’t see that railroaders are having their opinions dismissed disproportionately. I really don’t understand the dispute.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"> Where are railroader's opinions being dismissed just because they are railroaders? </span></span></span></span></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p> </p> </blockquote> </p> <p> </p> <p>As I already stated - just read any thread about crewless trains.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yes I have read all of those threads about automating trains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some wonder when it will happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some don’t want it to happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some say it can’t happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Interestingly, I have not seen any posts by railroad executives who do want it to happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One has to wonder why it is happening here and there, and if that portends a universal transition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not a new idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Automation was not far fetched even in 1900.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">But in 1900, it would have required so many electromagnetic switches, batteries, levers, and buttons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would speculate that PTC represents the biggest ever laying of the groundwork for automation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>PTC is ultimately train-operating automation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is just not recognized as such yet because only the beginning is apprarent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span> </span></span></p>
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